Help identifying dead electro. cap polarity?

"Sparky"

The usual cause applies ?????

FYI:

The markings are clearly 1, 2 and 3 with the fourth a NEGATIVE sign !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is not the negative sign *right next* to the pin linked to the case ?????

.... Phil

To me they look like "1" (not a "-"), "2", "3", and a really weird "4".

But with your help along with the one pin (yes, it's the (-) one) in common with the case pretty much confirms polarity.

Thanks!

Nighty-night! Lights out!

Are they? Their order is a bit strange if so.

On the other hand, take the - to be a 1, and the other symbol to be a 4 with a bit missing, and you have 1, 2, 3 and 4 in a normal order. So the situation is far from clear enough to form a basis for installing a replacement.

Sylvia.

"notme"

The stroke on the " 1" has been made longer to avoid confusion with the " - " sign.

.... Phil

"Stupider than Anyone Else on Earth "

You stupid, grossly autistic bitch.

Fuck off.

.... Phil

AFAIK Germans always write a ONE with a tag ( opposite 2) and a 7 with a tag through it that makes it look like a lower case t. So I suggest the - really is MINUS.

TTman Inscribed thus:

I agree ! That is how I read it.

Almost always, but ISTR reading warnings that occasionally you come across one made for use with a negative supply rail, when the can will be positive, so you're right to make sure.

However, in this instance I agree with other posters that the markings indicate that the can is negative.

Chris

Me, I'd guess the terminal marked with the '-' is negative, but that's just my warped thinking.

\\ I don't set a 4 or part of one. Yes the number pattern seems non conventional but what is conventional in electronics?

on

Ahh but it's german. They make the 1 with that little hat. And then when they make a 7 they always add a cross through the middle... so as not to confuse it with the one.

George H.

Take your meds.

This is how right-pondians write the numeral "1". They also cross their "7"s. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

Wrong. Rigt of the English Channel, not of the pond.

North Sea in fact

Ron

Sparky schrieb:

HTH

Reinhard (native German ;-) )

THIS IS PURE TROLL BAIT

I AM PROTEUS

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PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS

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How is it wired in the circuit? When in doubt, this is what I look at. You can also substitute it with an AC rated cap and just measure the voltage across it to find out which way around it should be.